Table-attachment for articles of furniture



(Nol d 1.) we A. 1. DEAL. T/BLE ATTACHMENT POR ARTICLES OE FURNITURE.N04 SQALLB. Patented Nov. 26,1895 A A l ANUREW B.GRAHAM.PHOT0-LITHOWSHINEON. DC.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.,

ANNIE I. DEAL, OF VVINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS.

TABLE/ATTACHMENT FOR ARTICLES OF EQURNITURE( SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 550,443, dated November 26, 1895. Application ildMay 9, 1895. Serial No. 548,671. (No model.)

To all whom/.it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ANNIE I. DEAL, of Winthrop, in'the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImproved Table Attachment for Articles of Furniture, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention -has for its object to provide a table adapted to bequickly applied to articles of furniture of various forms, such asbedsteads, chairs, dac., my invention having especial reference to theprovision of means for quickly adapting the attachment to the variationsof form which exist between, for example, a bedstead and a chair, sothat the attachment can be applied with equal facility( to either.

The invention consists in the several improvements which I will nowproceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved attachment. Fig. 2represents a side elevation of the same, showing it applied to one ofthe side rails or bars of a bedstead. Y Fig. 3 represents an end View.Fig. lrepresentsia sectional view, on a larger scale, of parts of theattachment.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In carryingl out my invention I provide a clamp of such constructionthat it can be applied to articles of widely-varying form,- such asbeds, chairs, &c. Said clamp, as here shown, comprises, first, avertical bar a, having at its upper end an arm a projecting from oneside and a socket a2 projecting from the opposite side; secondly, aclamping-screw a3, engaged with the arm a', and having a clamping-heada4 below said arm, and, thirdly, a clamping-arm a5, formed upon a socketa6, that embraces and is vertically movable upon the bar a, said arm a5having suitable means for quickly engaging it with and disengaging itfrom the bar, so that it maybe moved quickly along the bar to locate itat any desired distance from the clamping-screw a3. The means here shownfor engaging the clamping-arm a5 with the bar comprise a spring-presseddog a7, pivoted at as to ears on the arm a5,and ratchetteeth or recessesa9, formed inthe outer side of the bar a, and adapted to engage said dogand hold the latter with the arm a5 at various heights upon the bar.

b represents a cylindrical standard which is fitted to slide verticallyin the sockets a2 a beside the bar a and is held at any point to whichit may be adjusted in said sockets by a set-screw c engaged with thesocket a2.

d represents a bracket which is provided ,With a downwardly-projectingstud or extension cl', formed to enter and rotate in a socket b' in thestandard b. To the upper end of said bracket is affixed a table cl2,which may be of any suitable form, and may extend in any desireddirection or directions from the bracket.

It will be seen that when the clamp is engaged with a support such asthe side rail f of a bedstead, as shown in Fig. 2 the standard b may beadjusted to support the table d2 at any desired height within the rangeof adjustment of the standard above the bedstead, while the rotativeconnection of the bracket d with the standard enables the table to swingfreely, so as to project in any desired direction.- The table may,therefore, be caused to extend over the bedstead or may be swung away bythe occupant of the bed when not required for use. The quick adjustability of the arm a5 and the long range of its adjustabilityafforded by the bar a enables the attachment to be quickly applied toany ordinary article of furniture, such as a cha-ir or table, as well asto a bedstead.

I do not limit myself to the described details of construction,particularly of the clamp, and may employ any clamp which has asufficiently-quick adjustment and sufficiently-extended range ofadjustment to adapt the adj ustment to the different articles offurniture on which its use is liable to be required.

lIt will be observed that the arm a', carrying the clamping-screw a3,and the socket a2, carrying the set-screw c, are located at the upperend of the bar a, so that the bar may first be engaged with the standardb and the whole brought to a bearing on the rail of the bedstead byplacing the screw as on the upper edge of the rail, so that the Weightof the attachment is supported by the rail while the operator adjuststhe arm a5 to the lower edge 0f the rail. It will also be observed thatthe IOO lower arm a5 and socket a6 are formed in one piece and areadjustable together on the bar a and standard b, the standardco-operating with the socket a6 in guiding the arni a5 and keeping it atright angles with the bar a, so that the arm a5 is rlnly supported inanyposition to which it may be adj usted and cannot tip or be inclinedfrom said position.

I claim- In an appliance of the character specified the combination ofthe elongated bar, a, having at one end an arin, a', projecting from oneside of the bar, and a socket, a2, projecting from the opposite side ofthe bar, said socket having a set screw, c, the clamping screw, a3,engaged with said arm, the standard, Z), adjustable in said socket andsecured therein by the set screw, c, the clamping arm, a5, and socket,a. formed in one piece and movable together onthe bar, a, and standard,b, the arm, a5, being in line with the screw, a3, while the socket, a,is Vin line with the socket, a2, and closely fits the standard, andmeans for securing the clamping arm, a5, and socket, a, to the bar andstandard in any position to which said arm and socket may be adjusted,the standard and bar cooperating with the socket a,in holding the arm,a5,at right angles with the bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inthe. presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of April, A.D. 1895.

ANNIE i. DEAL.

qWitnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

